#596A51#596A51

#596A51 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.044 H 135.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A51
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(101, 13%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(101, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 23.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -11.59, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 16.66, 134.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0313 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.044 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7588, 13.0258, 9.7304)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A51 #62516A

analogous

#666A51 #596A51 #516A56

triadic

#596A51 #51596A #6A5159

tetradic

#596A51 #51666A #62516A #6A5651

square

#596A51 #51666A #62516A #6A5651

split-complementary

#596A51 #56516A #6A5166

monochromatic

#1F251C #3C4736 #596A51 #768D6C #96A88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#596A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#596A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A51

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A51	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.044 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889482',
    500: '#596a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a51;
$custom-light: #889482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.8,
    "s": 13.369,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50276,
    "c": 0.04377,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A51

secondary

#8F8196

accent

#72B6A0

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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